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#129 - Chapter 16: Night of the Long Knives (Part 3)

Just then, a voice came from outside the yard: "Huh! How did the person disappear? They run pretty fast!"

Another voice responded: "Hmph, under my watch, no prey can escape! See that? With a few handprints, those two must be in the yard."

"Bang, bang!" Two crashing sounds, and the yard door fell down in response. Four gray-clothed soldiers, seemingly holding weapons, walked in. One of them shouted: "Come out, we've already spotted you."

Two gang members, escorting the mother and daughter, walked out of the house. With daggers held to their necks, they shouted: "Don't come any closer, or I'll kill them. Please, just let us go! We're just insignificant small fries, joining the Tiger Shark Gang was just to make a living. We never wanted to be enemies with you, so please spare us!"

A young soldier sneered: "Hmph, you two aren't good people either. Should we let you go and continue to harm others?"

The man who was kidnapping the girl, realized it was an acquaintance and quickly said: "Yomi? You're Yomi! It's great to see you, even though we used to bully you, we were at least neighbors who grew up together. Please, plead for us, we have money, we'll give you all the money. Just spare our lives, we promise we'll never dare to do it again."

Yomi didn't care about the two men's life or death, what he cared about was the hostages in their hands. He turned his head and said to his companions: "What do you guys think, should we let them go?" As soon as he said this, the two kidnappers and the hostages' hearts were in their throats, the person holding the knife was sweating nervously.

The three veteran soldiers exchanged glances, and the leader nodded, "Hmph!" He snorted with displeasure and sheathed his long sword. The other two also sheathed their swords, and one of them had already turned to walk out of the yard.

Just as the two gang members breathed a sigh of relief, a slender dagger shot out quickly from the soldier's sleeve, hitting the person who had just spoken in the forehead.

The man holding hostage the little girl hadn't even reacted when a whip, like a python, wrapped around the wrist of his knife-wielding hand, and with a forceful pull, he was sent flying. Yomi dropped the knife in his hand and flew to catch the little girl in mid-air.

The gang member was rolled over by the whip, and before he could land, a soldier kicked him, sending him flying and crashing into the wall. He went up and started kicking him violently, while cursing: "Damn, you dare to threaten me. I'll beat the shit out of you today, even if you don't have any to shit out." After saying that, he kicked and broke his arm.

The leading soldier glanced at him and said, "That's enough, are you really planning to kick the shit out of him? Don't you think it's disgusting? Yomi, this is your grudge, go settle it yourself."

Yomi handed the little girl to the woman, drew the single-handed hammer from his waist and swung it a couple of times, walked up to the gang member, and without hesitation, swung the hammer down, directly smashing his head. He coldly wiped the blood from his face with his hand, and then searched the body, took out a money bag and threw it to the leading veteran.

The leading soldier picked up the money bag and tossed it, then handed it to the mother and daughter hugging each other. He said: "The money this guy left behind will be your compensation. Find a carpenter tomorrow to repair the door properly, and stay at home tonight and don't come out." After saying that, he and the others dragged the body by the legs and pulled the person out.

The streets were full of drag marks, and at some wide intersections, soldiers would occasionally drag one or two corpses over and pile them together. That scene was common in the port area.

Many of the scattered gang members were hiding in civilian homes. However, many of the soldiers used to be hunters or assassins, and tracking targets was a basic skill. Most of the gang thugs couldn't escape.

Outside the tavern, Becotte easily killed six gang members. With his mid-level knight's peak strength, dealing with six ordinary thugs was really bullying. Liu Yuan didn't hide his contempt: "How free are you? Wouldn't it be better to go back and sleep with your wife?"

Becotte acting like an old man: "At least I have a wife! Cough cough cough... um, this place is pretty much cleared, what do we do next?"

Liu Yuan said: "You idiot, so many people have already been killed, of course, the next step is to seize the spoils!"

Becotte kicked the corpse on the ground and asked suspiciously: "These guys are so poor that they only have clothes left! What spoils could there be?"

Liu Yuan rolled his eyes at him: "You were born as the legitimate son of a lord's family, of course you don't understand the lives of people at the bottom. Don't look down on these city foxes and shrine rats, but those leaders are not poor at all, they have a rich family background! Besides, I transferred so many soldiers to help you, I can't let them work for nothing!"

The slaughter lasted a long time that night. The eleven gangs that had been entrenched in Blackwater River Port for many years were all wiped out overnight. Different versions circulated among the people, with the number of people killed ranging from hundreds to thousands. The only thing that was the same was that there were countless bloody long knives waving that night, so it was called "Night of the Long Knives."

In fact, as early as when Liu Yuan arrived in King's Landing, he had sent people to secretly investigate these gangs. The secret agents he placed in earlier years had even infiltrated their ranks. The intelligence of those gang leaders and main members had already been found out. It was just that after the manpower was in place, Becotte's letter was used to provoke these people, so that they would gather their subordinates together, which made it easier to eliminate them.

In addition, there were also some soldiers whose target was to go straight to the gang leaders' homes, including their secret strongholds, but some were in the city.

The fact proved that these guys' family fortunes were indeed quite substantial. The cash alone that was seized already exceeded 200,000 gold dragons. (Equivalent to the police in later generations destroying the criminal's den and directly searching out 2 billion cash in stolen money.) In addition, there were some real estate shops, smuggled goods, and livestock. In short, they made a small fortune. With such a large income, not to mention Liu Yuan, even Adrian, who was hidden behind the scenes, was unwilling to spit it out.

As for the forces behind those gangs, neither Liu Yuan nor Becotte cared. Just as Becotte had said, the real dignitaries would not involved in these sewer businesses.

At most, those families were just earls, and they were everywhere in the city of King's Landing. Based on strength alone, neither Liu Yuan nor the Setigar family were afraid.